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prefiguring
Variant of prefigure
transitive verb prefigured, prefiguring
- to suggest beforehand; be an antecedent figure or type of; foreshadow
- to picture to oneself, or imagine, beforehand
Related Forms:
- prefigurative adjective
- prefiguratively adverb
- prefigurativeness noun
- prefigurement noun
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